Re: [GENERAL] +/- Inf for float8's

2000-08-14 Thread Ross J. Reedstrom
On Mon, Aug 14, 2000 at 02:33:55PM +1000, Tim Allen wrote: > I'm just trying out PG7.0.2, with a view to upgrading from 6.5.3, and I've > found one quirk a little troublesome. Not sure whether I'll get any > sympathy, but I shall ask anyway :). > > We find it convenient to be able to store +/- in

[GENERAL] +/- Inf for float8's

2000-08-13 Thread Tim Allen
I'm just trying out PG7.0.2, with a view to upgrading from 6.5.3, and I've found one quirk a little troublesome. Not sure whether I'll get any sympathy, but I shall ask anyway :). We find it convenient to be able to store +/- infinity for float8 values in some database tables. With Postgres 6.5.3